Mode of sealing coin-bags



(No Model.)

O. A. JUDD.

MODE 0F SEALING COIN BAGS.

Patented Dec. 6, 1887;

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' ,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. JUDD, OF \VATERTONVN, VVISOONSIN.

MODE OF seAtme COIN-BAGS.

EPBCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 37 L255, dated December6, 1887.

Application filed September 26, 1887. Serial No. 250,773. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. JUDD, of Watertown, in the county ofJefferson and State of WVisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Safety-Seals for Coin-Bags; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and accurate description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my i1n proveinent. Fig. 2 is a rear view of thesame, showing also the bag and tag secured by the seal. Fig. 3 is afront view ofthe same parts as those shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4. representsthe ordinary method.

This invention relates to the sealing of bags used for the storage andtransportation of coin, and particularly for the use of expresscompanies.

Coin is usually stored and transported in bags of more or less heavymaterial, accord ing to the quantity contained. It is usual to close themouth of the bag and fasten the same with a piece of stout twine woundaroundand firmly tied. A tag is then attached by passing one of thestring ends through a hole in the tag and then tying them together, and,lastly, the string ends are secured by being sealed to the tag with waxbearing the imprint of an official stamp or seal, as shown in Fig. l.Other waxen seals are attached direetly to the bag to cover thetie-string. So long as this seal remains intact perfect scour ity isafforded; but the bag and string being flexible, and the neckconstituting the handhold used in handling the bags, and the wax beinghard and brittle, it is evident, during transportation especially, theseal will be cracked and defaced. This result is almost inevitable inthe transportation of coin, and when the contents does not correspondwith the marks on the bag it is impossible to determine with whom thefault is, whether with the one who put up the bag or some one of thosethrough whose hands it has passed.

The object of my improvement is to definitely and positively trace anydiscrepancy between the contents of the bag and the marks and locate theresponsibility for it. I therefore provide a seal case or tray of metalprovided with suitable holes in the bottom for the passage of the endsof the tiestring'to the interior of the tray in a way which will admitof attachment of a direction tag by the same tie-string and theembedment of said string in the wax with which the tray is filled.

In the old method above described the knot is covered with a wax seal,which is necessarily destroyed in opening the bag, so that if anydiscrepancy in the contents shall be discovered no inspection of theseal can then be made. By my improvement the knot is covered by the waxin the tray, which cannot be destroyed in opening the bag, and thereforeremains intact for after-inspection, if necessary, and only one wax sealis required, and the expense in wax andlabor is therefore reducedone-half. Incidentally,also injury to the bag is avoided.

A is the seal case or tray conveniently made of thin metalsuch astin-with its edge turned upward to constitute a shallow dish. I makethree holes, I) a (Z, in the bottom of said tray and depress the metalbetween holes b and 0, into which the knot may be drawn, notwithstandingit may be tied very tightly and close. The tie-string F is tied aroundthe neck of the bag and tied in a hard knot. The ends are then passedthrough the hole 0 into thetray and out again through the hole 0. Theyare then put through the eye in the direction-tag G, and back throughthe hole cl into the tray. By drawing the string tight through the holesabove mentioned the knot will be drawn into the depression between holesI) and c, and thereby into the tray, which is then filled with meltedwax and the ofiicial stamp is applied. By these means the seal ispreserved from injury in handling the bag by its metal tray, and theknot is within the tray and inaccessable without destroying the seal.The bag itself is not exposed to accumulation of wax, which, under thepractice heretofore, has rendered the bags unfit after a short term ofservice.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. The herein described mode ofsealing coin-bags, which consists, essentially, in passing thetie-string ends into and out of a metallic seal-case by means of holesin its walls, and then filling said case with melted wax to embed thestring, whereby the seal is protected from mutilation. V

2. The herein described mode of sealing coin-bags and attachingdirection-tags, which consists, essentially, first, in passing thestring ends into and out of a metallic seal-case by means of holes inits wall 5 second, through the eye of the direction-tag; third, backinto said eal-case, and, fourth, in filling said case with melted wax,whereby the bag-tie and the label are secured by one seal and the sealpreserved from mutilation.

3. The metallic seal-case A, provided with one or more holes suitablefor the passage of the tiestring ends, combined with the tiestring andthe sealing-wax, whereby the tiestring is embedded'and sealed and thewax preserved from mutilation.

4'. The metallic seal-case A, provided with holes I) c in its bottom,having the metal intervening depressed, as shown and described,

combined with the tie-string and sealing'wax,

whereby the tie-string knot may be drawn into the seal-case through itsbottom and en1- bedded in the watt.

5. The metallic seal-case A, provided with the holes 12 c d, thetie-string ends caused to pass in and out through said holessuccessively, combined with the direction-tag F and the sealing-Wax,whereby the string is embedded and the seal preserved from mutilationand the tag attached by the same seal.

CHAS. A. JUDD.

\Vitnesses:

J NO. S. BENNETT, O. S. JOHNSON.

